Preparing "Kimi ni XOXO" is a Pain in the Butt

"Kimi ni XOXO" is so far the most challenging manga I've ever worked on in terms of image editing.  Here's an example of the mess that lies before me and Sephyna:

Raw:




White Level:




First Leveling:




After cleaning out the text and typesetting:
Cleaning out the text took forever because I had to redraw parts of the image.  This step took about 2-hours...




Final:
I reduced the image to its final size and added various filters to smooth of the print artifacts and to give the page it's final look and feel.  I also did a little editing of the English, and, in the final version, I cut out what I felt was "dead wood" in the Japanese.  As I said earlier, this mangaka is way too verbose, and sometimes those extra words provide no additional meaning (She's in great need of an editor...).




This page took me about 2-1/2 hours to complete! UGH!  And this isn't even the toughest page...We'll see if we can eek this out by the 6th.Source URL: https://aminefairy.blogspot.com/search/label/images
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Saiunkoku Monogatari Wallpaper and Images

There was treasure in this month's Asuka magazine for "Saiunkoku Monogatari" lovers!  This magazine was a bit hard to come by because it sold out quickly.  Anyhow, there are 11 images in all.  Two are PC desktop wallpaper sized 1600x1200 pixels and the others are 800x1200.  Enjoy!

Link to Saiunkoku Images from Asuka 3/2010

If you really must have your own copy of this picture book (there are more images and an extra story), you may be able to get a copy of Asuka 3/2010 from Akadot on backorder.  You can still get it from folks selling on Amazon Japan, but it's gonna run you at least $42 + plus waiting for a very slow boat...Source URL: https://aminefairy.blogspot.com/search/label/images
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